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Ordeal

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It was a fiery ordeal. A severe test. (See above, No. 2.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Orania
Orator Henley
Orbilian Stick (The)
Orc (in Orlando Furioso)
Orca
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Orcus
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Order of the Cockle
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Ordinary (An)
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